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Ilie Nastase #11 def. Bhanu Nunna #357

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 1979*
Tournament	Sarasota
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Bhanu Nunna

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Bhanu Nunna
Country	ROU	IND
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Nov 13, 1954
Age	32	24
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	357
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,041	1,444
Career W-L	859–331	1–11
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 0 – 0 Bhanu Nunna

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1979	R32	John James	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1979	QF	Rick Fisher	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Bhanu Nunna's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1979	R32	Warren Maher	7-6 6-3	W	—	Match data